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Councils spending up to 50 per cent of budgets on temporary accommodation
Campaigners call on next government to bring in protections against homelessness
Homeless people rough sleeping, January 16, 2020
COUNCILS are pouring up to 50 per cent of their core budgets into temporary housing as the homelessness crisis surges, research by Generation Rent revealed today.
The number of households living in temporary accommodation has risen by 89 per cent over the past decade, Local Government Association data shows.
As a result, one in four councils are spending 5 per cent of their core budgets on temporary accommodation, according to a Generation Rent analysis of 249 councils.
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